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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w14714 |
来源ID | Working Paper 14714 |
Financial Patenting in Europe | |
Bronwyn H. Hall; Grid Thoma; Salvatore Torrisi | |
发表日期 | 2009-02-13 |
出版年 | 2009 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We take a first look at financial patents at the European Patent Office (EPO). As is the case at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the number of financial patents in Europe has increased significantly in parallel with significant changes in payment and financial systems. Scholars have argued that financial patents, like other business methods patents, have low value and are owned for strategic reasons rather than for protecting real inventions. We find that established firms in non-financial sectors with diversified patent portfolios own a large share of financial patents at the EPO. However, new specialized technology providers in the financial area also hold a number of such patents. Decisions on the financial patent applications take longer and they are more likely to be refused by the patent office, suggesting greater uncertainty over validity than for other patents. They are also more likely to be opposed, which is consistent with the fact that their other economic value indicators are higher. |
主题 | Financial Economics ; Financial Institutions ; Industrial Organization ; Industry Studies ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14714 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572390 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bronwyn H. Hall,Grid Thoma,Salvatore Torrisi. Financial Patenting in Europe. 2009. |
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